Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city's tabloids owe first lady Chirlane McCray an apology for "absolutely misrepresenting" her lengthy magazine interview into a "caricature" about her concerns over motherhood.

Champagne overflowed, as a room full of well-groomed advertisers filled the entire space at the Top of the Standard. The winners included Lab Series’ All-in-One face treatment, Boots aftershave and a face wash from The Blind Barber.

Brent Poer, president of LiquidThread North America, is a powerful marketer of many strong opinions and lots of boldface clients, including world class marketers P&G, Walmart and American Honda Motor Company. Come hear this top advertiser and creative force reveal how to make the tablet a better experience for advertisers and consumers. MPA CHEW ON THIS bring-your-lunch series, NYC, Thursday, June 26.

You bring your lunch, we'll serve the food for thought. Featuring Will Palley, trends strategist, JWT New York, on " Trends That Will Shape the World in 2014 and Beyond." Complimentary for MPA/ASME members. Register today, NYC/Webinar.

Kick off the summer by joining your fellow junior mag editors at our next ASME NEXT Talks. This event will include a q&a with Jake Silverstein, the new editor of The New York Times Magazine and former editor in chief of Texas Monthly. The ASME Intern 2014 class, and their mentors, get in free! Registration includes open bar. May 29, New York.

-Adobe, AAM, Brown/Nellymoser, CDS Global, Kobo, MediaRadar, Publishers Press, Quad Graphics, Sherman & Howard, ShopAdvisor, and SocialFlow for their support of the MPA-IMAG Conference.
-Blippar and Publishers Press for their support of the 2014 National Magazine Awards.

Kick off the summer by joining your fellow junior mag editors at our next ASME NEXT Talks. This event will include a q&a with Jake Silverstein, the new editor of The New York Times Magazine and former editor in chief of Texas Monthly. Registration includes open bar.

Quartz's Zachary M. Seward has pronounced the homepage dead, and the social web our era's winner. He writes: "Traffic to the New York Times homepage fell by half in the last two years, according to the newspaper’s internal review of its digital strategy... That’s not necessarily a reflection of any problems at the Times but the reality of how news is now distributed on the internet. Homepage traffic is declining at most news sites as readers increasingly find links to news articles from social media, email, and other sources."